Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-05

Thsss are several small AWmiIls 10
King county that the public know nssh-
inR about. Ons Of these h situated 81
ne Cedar River Oaal Oompany's mine
and Il no9 turning out about 600 feet
% fRmbeR daily. Ths mill belongs 10
the Goal Company, but Il at present
leased By B. O. Bpgague. He employs
about sight men ID tha mill and ten IN
the woods. The lngs are obtained In the
immediate vicinity Of The mill. The
produot Of the min AndA ready sale.
About fouR carloads per week are nov
shipped 10 Seattle. end she balances 10
u1sd In the coal mine ct Cedar Mount
ain and for other local purposes.
The OomDefeial mill today purchased
Q FAf3 Of eight sections Of very hne
eadar loRs. The LEGS came from Moore
q LeonaFd's camp near the Bamish, and
the raft Wisl measure about bD. 800 feet.
Il IL reported that the price paid YES
$40 per thousand feet. The lumber
20 be mads from them will be used In
inside and outside Aniahiua for some Of
The houses nov being built In Seattle.
Eastern lumber journals are awakiuQ
10 the fact that Puget Sound lumber Il
entering theiF market and that ID bids
fair 10 develop into an Important article
Of commerce 10 the East. For instance,
the RovthassstsFs LHnabsrpsan Of Ohiea-
20 says thst recently an agent for J.
4. Holmes 4 o., Of 81 Louis railroad
and bridge timber concern was investi-
eating The sources Of supply Ia WASH
inGtan Territory for that direction Of
consumption. and visited Sc .s..is. ne
said that Puget sound timber vas
eveTywhere noted for Ito adaptability TO
bridge work and Il vas proposed TO ship
II IN large quantities 10 Kansas City,
Chicago and generally throughout the
East.
In shs same visn The Kississippi Val
len LHa,bsrTaaH of Minneapolis exsois
She good qualities and great prospects
OF Puget Sound lumber. In conclnding'
IN editeFial on that subject the paper
gives the following significant advice TO
the lumbeEmen In tts own vicinity;
''The local lambeTmen may e. veil
make Up THAR minds that their western
horizon 10 within sight. II they expect
to get very mach beyond u they may
expect 70 encounter the competition Of
some Of the Puget Sound manufactuF-
ere who, II all reports are true, are a.
fall OF push and enterprise as they
make them. They will be found worth
meeting, and ID need be no matter Of
surprise II they place themselves on The
aggressive, rather than the defensive,
and fairly invade the territory nov held
By the manufacturers Of the white pine
belt"
Csaa ana Mining.
That the coal wharf people expect Q
Aeet Of ooal carriers soon IL evidenced
By the loaded bunkers and the long
rows Of loaded cars nov 10 be seen
there. Forty ssyeD cars loaded with
coal we're counted in the yard this af-
tsFnoon, ana tbs bunkers wsrs said TO
contain somethIng ever 600 tons Of
Newcastle and 500 tons of franklin coal
ready 10 be dumped into the FIRST
collier that hauls up 70 the wharf.
The ship Ivanhoe, Captain Garter,
vas t0Wed into the harbor today and
Will begin Immediately 70 load Black
Diamond coal for San Francisco.
Ths old wing 81 the coal wharf is
about 70 receive some uew oeppered IN
der pinning. Eight good LONG piles
we're hauled down today from Allen 4
Nelson's loeging camp on the marrow
gnaRe. A good heavy frame work vas
constructed for their reception. The
piles were rolled from the trucks onto
the frame work where they will be COP
peTe6 and rolled onto other tEnoks on
the other side and they viii then be
hauled up the incline 10 the end Of the
vhaxf, where they viii Be driven down
through the bankers BY Q pils driver
hauled 10 the top and By using q "fol-
lover" In this way the spiles will be
driven without having been RATED or
placed IN The water and The under -pia-
ming vii Be made ~ solid and substan-
tial ~ vas the original piling.
AAippin9 Intelligence
SAn kR1hcIsco, AUG. 4.-ArTived-
Steamer Walla Walla, frou Seattle;
ship OaFEOllton, from Seattle.
Sailed-Bark BundaleeF, for Nanaimo.
PokT Townsend, AuQ. 4.-Sailed-
ship General Baquedano. The bark
OolusA Was spoken IN the Straits.
PoRT MADTSoN, Aug. A. Arrived
Schooner Queep.
Po1T BLAKKky. Aue. I.-Sailed-Sh
Huasquina, baEkenains Mary Wrinkle
man.
TAToos4. AaG. A ship In tos OF
the ta6 TAeowa, and the bark Oeinm-
hia In TOW Of the tug Mogul passed nut |
last night, The steamer SaFdOnyx and |
q bark passed In at 10 q. n. A bark 10
passing In e. p. N. Clear. Gentle
northwest wind.
PTsKT, Aue. THE schooner Mary /
Parker h In port. Straits clear, light |
westerly wind.
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